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Referees were inconsistent - Farke
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Referees were inconsistent - Farke
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00:13We'll start with our locals and take any other questions afterwards up to each of you when you're ready please.
00:20Daniel, congratulations. You sort of said you had the players to be brave and you came here and did that
00:25for an hour.
00:28What's your assessment of the performance overall and the results?
00:33It's a bit difficult to describe the emotions. First of all, congratulations to Arsenal.
00:39It's down to the mentality Mikkel has created here that even on a tough day they find a way to
00:44win the game.
00:44This is what they did today and in relation to their quality and this mentality as well.
00:52My emotions are mixed of course. I'm heartbroken and gutted from our players because they deserve to travel back with
01:00points today.
01:02After such a really good away performance, you have to travel back without any points. It's tough.
01:09For that, of course, I'm disappointed especially for them but on the other hand also very proud of what was
01:15a top away performance.
01:16I think the first half was already on a really good level. We didn't allow any chances.
01:21It was more the other way around. We looked more dangerous.
01:24I told them at half-time, listen, if we keep going and have a bit more clarity and belief in
01:28our offensive actions, we will win this game.
01:30This is also how we started the second half. I think we fully deserve to go and lead.
01:36Also went for it, wanted the second goal, but it's Arsenal. It's one of the best teams in Europe.
01:41If not the best, it's definitely the most consistent team in Europe over the last years.
01:46This means they're automatically one of the best teams in the world.
01:50Even out of very, very little, they were able to find the equaliser.
01:56Can't really complain too much with this behaviour and this goal.
02:00It was a long cross on the far pose. Perhaps we were overshifting a bit too much.
02:04Two centre-backs to the far pose and then didn't spot the run from the edge of the box quick
02:09enough.
02:09On a good day, perhaps James has also the chance to put it over the crossbar and he touched it.
02:15Out of very little, they were able to equalise.
02:18Of course, if you have 70 minutes as a reigning champion, a tough day at home,
02:22and you are out of a sudden back in the game, then of course you have momentum.
02:26They used this momentum then with another well-taken goal.
02:30A quality player to come in with a really good finish to go and lead.
02:33We tried everything to find another answer in the final stages to equalise the game.
02:39It was not to be, so for that, in relation to Arsenal,
02:42of course we are a bit heartbroken, disappointed right now, just straight away after the game.
02:47But once it has settled also, we have to say, we will take many, many positives out of it.
02:51How much does that show how far you have come as well?
02:53Obviously, a lot of comparisons have been drawn to back in the last year.
02:57A very different game, different results.
02:59Does that offer a lot of comfort at the moment or not particularly?
03:03Do you want to keep moving on?
03:04It shows a lot, I would say.
03:07But not just this performance, because it doesn't came as a surprise.
03:10It was more or less a consistency over the last month.
03:12So we were pretty close perhaps also to win this game.
03:15And after a win, we would sit right now at centre position two in the Premier League anyhow.
03:19And this is not like out of coincidence.
03:22Of course, after a loss anyhow, we will perhaps drop a few positions anyhow.
03:26But that's not important.
03:27The table after five or ten or fifteen game days is not important at the moment.
03:31That is important at the end of the season.
03:33But what is important?
03:35The performances, the level of performances.
03:38And this is where we are on a really, really good pass.
03:41And another proof today why I think this club leads Knights on a really good pass at the moment.
03:56It has to do with the quality of players that they could bring in, yes, definitely.
04:00But also like, you know, once you are in the lead and you push for the second.
04:05And then sometimes as a team who is not used to win title after title,
04:09you can be sometimes even a bit overexcited in procession.
04:12This is, I think we could have been even a bit more tidy in procession
04:15to give in one or two occasions the ball not that cheap away anyhow.
04:19And that's also sometimes to do with a little bit of luck.
04:23Because like I explained the goal, there were not a big mistake there anyhow.
04:27There were just a few details that were not spot on anyhow.
04:30I think even if James keeps it over the crossbind, it's still banal anyhow.
04:34We probably would have won this game anyhow.
04:37And yeah, of course, in a small situation can change your momentum out of a sudden.
04:41The stadium was pretty quiet before.
04:42Then they are back anyhow.
04:43Everyone is buzzing, especially on this day.
04:46Mikkel's new contract was just announced anyhow.
04:49Then the whole stadium is buzzing.
04:50They are capable to bring quality players in anyhow.
04:54And yeah, have them so much quality also to be very clinical and effective in a difficult game for them
05:00anyhow.
05:01And yeah, this is what we have to accept.
05:03We are not at the moment in a position where we can speak about fighting for the Champions League
05:07or fighting for the title like Arsenal does anyhow.
05:10And for that, this is a bit the difference where you have to accept it.
05:15And I can't ask them for much more that we always outplay more and outperform each other in the replay
05:21of Arsenal.
05:21So for that, no complaints.
05:23You had established yourselves really well in the first half.
05:26And then towards the end of the half, Al got a yellow card.
05:28Ethan got a yellow card.
05:29You got a yellow card.
05:31And went in practice with the fourth official as well.
05:33So can you explain in those few minutes where it seemed like a motion to get a better ability?
05:38Yes, there were three fouls on Dominic Calvert-Lewin in the first half.
05:43In good situations for counter-attacks.
05:45And I was going to the fourth official and saying,
05:47Listen, are we thinking about yellow card perhaps because the tactical force said,
05:52Yeah, we're thinking about it, but Daniel, it's 20, 30 yards in your half.
05:57It's not so dangerous.
05:58I said, okay, listen, no problem.
06:00I accept this.
06:01I don't ask for yellow cards, but please don't do the same when it happens on the other side
06:05just because the whole stadium is asking for it.
06:07What happens?
06:09Aotanaka, 30 yards in their half foul, yellow card, because the whole stadium is on it.
06:17Sadly, we were not allowed to fill the stadium with our supporters.
06:23That's also so noisy.
06:25So don't let them influence.
06:26Do it with consistency.
06:27And then I was asking the fourth official, come on, Oliver, we have spoken before about it.
06:33Why are you doing this?
06:34Didn't want to explain anyhow and didn't want to come to me.
06:37So I'm always in Mikkels, more or less like technical area and my technical area didn't want to show up.
06:43So I had to go over and then I saw a yellow card because I went out of my technical
06:49area or whatever.
06:51So all three yellow cards not deserved or not with consistency.
06:57You know, you can say it's just a yellow card, but it's also like Aotanaka, I have to take him
07:03off in the second half
07:03because he was there with another foul.
07:05We have to be careful anyhow.
07:07East Nampadou has to be careful in each of the dwells.
07:09And these little details are also sometimes decisive.
07:12I think there was no consistency in these decisions.
07:15And yeah, when you tell them this or ask them for explanations and they don't have an explanation,
07:21they are just annoyed and they give even the managers sometimes a yellow card.
07:25That's it.
07:27I mean, did you try to switch up when you did go 2-1 down and put 4-1 back?
07:32What was your thoughts on how to try to attack the game from there when it actually looked like?
07:36I mean, currently it's a long against the ball is sort of like 4-4-2 in the transition?
07:40Yes, we tried to change it to 4-4-2 until the final stages because we wanted to have more
07:46offensive thinking players on the pitch.
07:48Of course, more or less like it was 50 minutes ago and you want to take more risk.
07:54And it happens sometimes that like in the final minute there is a counter-attack
07:57and you have to take more risk.
07:59But we didn't want to transport the 2-1 loss more or less to the final whistle.
08:03We wanted to find a solution and for that we changed the personnel,
08:06we changed also the base formation.
08:09And in several games in the last months it has helped a lot today.
08:12Sadly it was today not enough in order to find the equalizer.
08:16The number you run is over, but there is a lot that you did right today.
08:21So even in defeat, what momentum can be gained from this?
08:24Can momentum be gained from you?
08:28Yes, of course, confidence in the performance in our processes.
08:33Although many players were just back two days ago and we just had more or less one day on the
08:38training pitch
08:39to prepare to show such a level of performance against one of the best teams in the world gives lots
08:44of confidence.
08:45But we have to make sure that we earn the right for further momentum also in the next game.
08:50So just that we had many, many good weeks and good months and you know,
08:53this won't help us next Sunday against Man United to win the points.
08:57We have to make sure that we do the basics again, that we stay humble,
09:00that we prepare this game also very carefully on the training pitch and are on it again.
09:05because you have to earn the right for momentum and streak each of the game day.
09:10And for that, yeah, lots of positives to take, but also serious work to do further on.
09:16Stuart?
09:18You mentioned the sort of tie-up between defence and XF.
09:21I just wonder how difficult that was to strike against a team like Arsenal,
09:24who obviously set out to dominate position.
09:27Very difficult, yeah. Otherwise many other teams would have done this.
09:31So, of course, I mentioned before the game that it will be important also to press them,
09:37not to allow them to come into their processes, to keep the ball as far away as possible from our
09:41goal
09:42and also not to concede too many set-piece situations.
09:45This is what we did.
09:46But on the other hand, you have to make sure that you don't run into counter-attacks
09:48because if you do so and concede a goal out of this, then it's like,
09:52how can you be so naive to press Arsenal and you concede a counter-attack?
09:56So it's always important to find a proper balance.
10:01And also to be yourself good in possession and give time also to recover in possession
10:06and to tire them a little bit.
10:08I think we've found a really good balance overall in this game today.
10:12Sadly, without the outcome that we overall were hoping for.
10:29I'm not sure in the last 30 years we haven't won too many Premier League titles and also not too
10:35many seasons on Champions League level.
10:36I'm not sure if we can say, OK, it's a role model right now for Lee tonight.
10:40I'm also not sure if our supporters would be happy if I would describe any other club as a role
10:45model for us.
10:46Because everyone who is connected with Lee tonight thinks that this is the best club in the world.
10:51So for that I don't want to speak too much about role models anyhow.
10:55But you're definitely right that there's a lot to admire.
10:59Also what Mikkel has done in terms of the culture and the mentality as he implemented.
11:03And for me it's no coincidence when you have more or less consistency in the most important positions in the
11:11club,
11:11also like with Mikkel, then you can develop more or less into a position where you can win titles,
11:16where you can win titles even in Europe and show this consistency.
11:20This is what happened in Liverpool under the best times under Jurgen Klopp.
11:24This was what happened at Man City under Pep Guardiola.
11:26This is what I know right now what's happening here with Mikkel Ateta anyhow.
11:31And for that I think this club is doing at the moment many, many things right, yes.
11:37Hi, I just want to talk about Gaurav I.
11:40He's always been struggling with injuries and stuff, but what have you liked his performance so far?
11:47Yeah, first of all a great human being and a top player also for us.
11:51I think today also with a really good performance, a good player in defending,
11:56but also his energy in going forward is really important for us.
12:01Still something where he can improve is his numbers in end products, in goals,
12:04and assists is something where he can improve but also like for his just second season on this level.
12:10I think he's developing step by step into a very, very important player for Leeds United
12:15and we are all happy to have him.
12:20What did you make of James Trappen's performance?
12:22He had some good saves but also perhaps should have done better for the equaliser
12:26and had a nervy moment at the end?
12:29No, James' confidence and aura, you can even grab it more or less on the pitch and he gives it
12:35to us
12:35and always quick with the saves, very happy with this.
12:38It was also not a mistake before the goal, it was just like a bit unlucky because on a world
12:42-class day
12:43he has a chance more or less like to put it over the crossbar.
12:46It was not to be but it was definitely not a mistake.
12:48Of course, he is also a goalkeeper who takes also risks more in his game and his positioning.
12:54Yeah, sometimes there's also perhaps even a bit, perhaps with a bit more calmness you could,
12:59if you see that the centre-back is also in the running duel, you can stay a bit more on
13:04the goal line
13:04but we also want him to be proactive and if he is like this then perhaps sometimes he comes even
13:10a bit too soon out of this goal
13:11but I don't want to change him at all because it's also strength of his game and overall he is
13:16a very, very important player for us
13:18and has shown really, really good performance during the season so far.
13:22How have you reacted to getting his chance with England at the international break?
13:27Cool. Relaxed, like always, came back in a good mood with belief in his skills and confidence
13:34and can't see any change in his behaviour. He's a top team mate and we all love to work with
13:41him.
13:43Going back to what we were talking about earlier, I'm just wondering, you know, this game is obviously one of
13:48the biggest tests we can face.
13:50I'm just wondering, from that performance today, looking at where do you think the team has developed from this time?
13:59We have developed in all aspects and you also can speak about game management, you can speak about our pressing,
14:05about our compactness against the ball, our quality in possession, our quality in counter-attacks,
14:10also the physicality that we have also added to this squad. We were able to compete very much better with
14:17set-pieces,
14:18their set-piece situation was the other round, we were a threat also today, so we came very close today
14:24to win
14:25a difficult away game against, again, one of the best sides in the world and were competitive in this game
14:30and have played exactly on their level more or less.
14:34This is perhaps not down to our individual quality at the moment, but we have other strengths more or less
14:40like as a team
14:42and we are technically very often spot-on and we execute in a good way and good togetherness, good fighting
14:48spirit, good mentality and also consistency in what we are doing.
14:52And this helped us a lot in order to right now to show this level of performance even the best
14:58league in the world.
14:58Thank you very much.
14:58Thank you very much.
15:00Hi, I'm Amin from Beacons here. You take the lead today from a goal involving Goodmanson delivering into the box
15:08for James Justin to finish it.
15:10Where does the success come from in your team that we've seen for the last number of seasons?
15:14Is it more so on the structure that you implement or is it more so on the individual brilliance and
15:25individuality from your players?
15:28It's always both, always credit to the players, but it's also fair to say that probably we don't have the
15:34best individual quality in this league.
15:35And we wouldn't be in this position and with so many good performances if it's just about individual quality.
15:42So they are, with all respect to my players, but also better sides in this league.
15:46It comes a lot down to hard work, hard work on the training pitch, hard work and discipline and focus
15:53on our processes.
15:55It's something I always like that our fullbacks, for example, go forward and to be involved in assists.
16:01So right now we're playing very often also with wing backs in different setups and it's important that they go
16:06forward.
16:07And it's also like at assists, but also themselves also go threat to attack the far post.
16:14And it's not coincidence, it's what we urge our players also like out of more defensive positions,
16:19more or less like to be even a threat on the opponents, especially far post and no coincidence.
16:25I asked Jaden Bogle and Gabi Gudmundsen and James Justin to have those ones.
16:30And then, of course, up to the individual players to execute in this way and they deserve all the credit,
16:35but it's always leaning on our structure and our processes.
16:38Okay, back to the room.
16:41Have a good weekend, Serge. Let's back him.
16:44Cheers, darling.